https://symfonycasts.com/blog Blog feed with technical articles around PHP and screencast and tutorial updates from SymfonyCasts.com https://symfonycasts.com/blog/honest-entities Doctrine entities in Symfony often double as form models, forcing required properties to become nullable and allowing invalid states required by Symfony forms. Let's explore how DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) and Symfony's ObjectMapper component can help keep our entities honest. /blog/honest-entities Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/brontie-your-ai-companion Meet Brontie - your new SymfonyCasts companion. Part dinosaur, part AI, fully obsessed with Symfony. Mention `@Brontie` in any tutorial, course, or blog post comment and Brontie will jump in with answers grounded in the actual SymfonyCasts lessons. /blog/brontie-your-ai-companion Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/deprecations-explained Symfony upgrades do not have to be stressful. Thanks to Symfony's deprecation system, you can fix future breaking changes before upgrading. Learn why "no deprecations" is the key to a safe major upgrade - and how Symfony gives you a clear roadmap forward. /blog/deprecations-explained Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/composer-security-advisory Composer 2.9 turns security the next level. Instead of politely warning about vulnerable dependencies, it now blocks insecure installs and updates by default, forcing issues to surface early and keeping your PHP projects safer without extra tools. /blog/composer-security-advisory Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/package-spotlight-class-metadata Add extra context to your PHP classes with `zenstruck/class-metadata`. This lightweight package lets you define short, readable identifiers for your classes - known as aliases - and attach custom metadata directly to them. /blog/package-spotlight-class-metadata Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/remembering-ryan-weaver With deep sadness, we share that Ryan Weaver — co-founder of SymfonyCasts, father, husband, beloved teacher, and friend — has passed away after a long and courageous journey with brain cancer. /blog/remembering-ryan-weaver Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/install-php-locally The Symfony CLI makes local development a breeze - but it works best when PHP is installed directly on your machine. Let's walk through setting up PHP (plus common database extensions) and the Symfony CLI on macOS, Linux, or Windows so you're ready to start building Symfony apps. /blog/install-php-locally Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/advanced-mailto-with-symfony-mailer The `mailto:` link is a simple way to open an email client with a pre-filled email. But what if you want this email to have a pre-filled attachment? Let's dive into how to do this with Symfony Mailer. /blog/advanced-mailto-with-symfony-mailer Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/mailtrap The free Mailtrap tutorial is here! It's all about the Mailer & Webhook components with the joy of previewing emails in a sandbox. As a bonus, this tutorial triggered several contributions back to Symfony! /blog/mailtrap Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://symfonycasts.com/blog/2024-november-oss-roundup This month we've got 6 SymfonyCasts open source releases, let's take a quick look at what's new and give a huge thanks to all the contributors who helped make these releases happen! /blog/2024-november-oss-roundup Mon, 18 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000